History
Hendersonville was settled circa 1784 by Daniel Smith when he began work on Rock Castle. In 1790, William Henderson, for whom the area was named, settled in. With the completion of the Old Hickory Dam in 1954, Hendersonville started to grow into the most populous city of Sumner County and one of the most populous suburbs of Nashville, along with Franklin and Murfreesboro. The city of roughly 250 was incorporated in 1969 under the leadership of L.H. "Dink" Newman, and over the next decades has been one of Tennessee's fastest-growing cities. The city contains around 0.7% of the population of Tennessee. During the Civil War, Monthaven, a historic home on the National Historic Register, was used as a field hospital.
Economy
Rhoades Car has its national headquarters in Hendersonville. It is the home of the Indian Lake Village business, shopping, residence, and recreation complex.
Education
Hendersonville High School
Board of Education
Hendersonville's schools are governed by the Sumner County Board of Education. The twelve-member group consists of eleven elected representatives from each of the eleven educational districts in the county, as well as the Director of Schools, Del Phillips. The members serve staggered four-year terms; the Director serves under contract with the Board of Education. The board conducts monthly meetings that are open to the public. The school system’s General Purpose School Fund budget during the 2006–07 school year was approximately $153.5 million.
The county-wide school system consists of approximately 1,950 teacher-licensed employees and approximately 1,800 non-teacher employees. The system has more than 180 bus routes which cover more than 6,000 miles (9,700 km) per day. The floor space in all of the county's schools totals more than 100 acres (0.40 km2). Approximately 26,528 students were enrolled in the county school system as of August 2007.
Some areas of Hendersonville are also zoned for schools outside of the city limits including schools in both Gallatin (Station Camp High School is considered to be on the city border of Hendersonville and Gallatin) and Goodlettsville.
Schools
Elementary Schools (K–5)
Jack Anderson Elementary School
Beech Elementary School
Gene Brown Elementary School
George A. Whitten Elementary School
Indian Lake Elementary School
Lakeside Park Elementary School
Nannie Berry Elementary School
Walton Ferry Elementary School
Middle Schools (6–8)
Robert E. Ellis Middle School
Hawkins Middle School
T. W. Hunter Middle School
Knox Doss at Drakes Creek Middle School
High Schools (9–12)
Beech Senior High School
E. B. Wilson Night School
Hendersonville High School
Magnet Schools
Merrol Hyde Magnet School (K–12)
Private Schools
Hendersonville Christian Academy (pre-K–12)
Pope John Paul II High School (9–12)
Notable Natives and Residents
Taylor Swift, country singer
Gary Allan, country singer
Duane Allen, country singer, member of The Oak Ridge Boys
Joe Bonsall, country singer, member of The Oak Ridge Boys
Young Buck, (real name: David Brown), hip hop artist
Jo-Ann Campbell, 1950's rock artist married to Troy Seals
Johnny Cash, country singer (deceased)
June Carter Cash, country singer (deceased)
William Lee Golden, country singer, member of The Oak Ridge Boys
Jeff Jarrett, professional wrestler
Karen Jarrett, formerly Karen Angle, former wife of Kurt Angle and current wife of Jeff Jarrett
Bob Luman, country singer (deceased)
Ronnie McDowell, country singer
Lennon Murphy, singer-songwriter
Roy Orbison, rock-n-roll singer (deceased)
Sonny Osborne, bluegrass banjo player
Luther Perkins, country guitarist (deceased)
Tommy Rich, wrestler (former NWA World Champion)
Johnny Russell, country singer, songwriter (deceased)
Troy Seals, country music songwriter
Connie Smith, country singer
Phil Stacey, country singer, American Idol season 6 finalist
Richard Sterban, country singer, member of The Oak Ridge Boys
Jody Stevens, country singer, member of Fast Ryde
Marty Stuart, country singer
Conway Twitty, country singer (deceased)
Golden Tate, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver
Chris Henderson, rock musician, member of 3 Doors Down
Dan Seals, country musician,member of England Dan and John Ford Coley (deceased)
Richard Bates, Former Sr. Vice-President of Atlantic Records, Chief Creative Officer for Ogilvy Mather
Jimmy Fortune, country singer
Johnny Talbot, owner and fashion designer TALBOT RUNHOF in Munich, Germany
External Links
Hendersonville official city website
The Hendersonville Public Library
Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce
Johnny Cash's Home Destroyed by Fire
Roy Orbison
Connie Smith's Home
Source: Internet
